Tray and support for laundry markers



May 2G 1924. Y -,495,087

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UNITED vs..,fr.A.ri-d:

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s PATENT OFFICE..

EDWIN LANE, oF NEW'YOEK, N. Y., AssIGNoE 'ro GAEOLYN LAUNDEYL; 0F NEW YORK,

y N jY., A CORPOEATIoN QFNEW Yoan. p

TEAY AND SUPPORT EOE'LAUNDEY MARKERS.

Application vineamember 19,1923. serial No. 681,640J

ing means for laundry markers, and the primary object of the'same is to provide an leasily handled retaining and storing device for groups of laundry markers bearing the same identifyingV character or number and* whereby the markers may. be so disposed that they may be quickly applied to Y and removed vfrom the tray and the number of eachgroupI used in marking the articles lor pieces of one ownership readily determined with accuracy without requiring a count of the pieces, thereby saving time and labor in marking articles to be subjected to laundry, dry cleaning o-r dyeing operations.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for conveniently storing groups of laundry markers to facilitate repeated use thereof, each trayso holding the markers vintact therewith that the markersA may be .readily inspected and the identifying numbers or characters thereon ascertained.l

A still further object of the inventionis.

to generally expedite the marking of articles or pieces for laundry, dry. cleaning or dyeing purposes and also to save labor ordinarily required in applying and removing as well as storinggroupsof marking devices for identifying articles 0r-V pieces to be cleaned and assorted.

' The inventionconsists in 'theicon'struction' and arrangement of theseveral parts which Y will' be more fully hereinafter described and 1 L claimed inpreferredform.;

In; the drawing:'-. l i `Figure 1 is a plan view'of' a'A tra-yfand holder embodying the features; oflthefinvention and showing one-of thefmarkers applied'rthereto. Figure 2 is a longitudinal*` vertical section "taken inthe-plane ofthe jline 2^2Fig .ure 1.

Ataken" 'in the .plane :of Vthe line Fg- "ure-"1 F; i-'

Figures is a detail perspectiveV portion of the tray and holder.l

The essential feature ofthe invention foref is the provision of fa having y YFigure 3'v is 1a transverse verticalr section'.

[markers thereon in such markers ina'y 'be easily app from the] tray.1 The, preferred. 1 :means for view of ap y Y retaining -the .markers m. Connection with 110 -.;iThe vnuinerali' designates the i holder which consists ofa flattmetal plateA having opposite inwardly bent guide l-flangespr v.guides 6 centrally intersected by securing ears Theaguides; 6 terminate at their 60 enter:ends` at asutabledistance from the -ends of lthe plateand the latter are formed with laterally .projecting securing extensions or ears 8;; `The. oneend `9 ofthe plate or holder has a stop l0 struck Aupwardlythere- 615,k

Y from at 1 ri-ghtjang1es and centrally located.

f The ears Vf7- and l -8 ,are all formed lwith suitable openingsgill fOr the reception offasvtening-devices l2, ,as shown by Figure 3, for 4the purpose of securing the holder to a 70 table, shelf 011 other. support'.; The outer terminals of the Hanges` or guides' are fully open and the holder-is .Without obstruction I between-theflanges and-at one end, ithejstop 10 providing an :obstruction at the remain- 75 .ing ;end.' Any'number of these holdersmay bepused for different operations, but each holder isadaptedfto :removably `receive anyy number ofzmarkerretaining vtrays 14 consisting of' flatsh'eet-metal plates-of suitable 80 thickness and of suchi dimensions to easily slide into' and v-ioutw'ardly. from the langesor-guides 6 each ,tray le when 'fully inserted in fthe holder 5l ha- Ving one end thereof abutting". against the stop 1Q as B5 clearlyishown by Figures `land 2.l All of the trays -are of 4similar construction andV each will b e v'preferablyr provided-{with-the same number f of, means for retaining `laundryfmarkers in connection'thereWi-th' and 90 :in such-.manner that said markers 4may be\V easily associated with. or removed from said means .Numerousy devices might-,be pro-A Yvided for-'holding'. the markers inl suchpzosition, relatively @to eachtraypas vto facilitate 95 Y stored :application -or removal of the I Iiailil's :relatively to thev trays,` andv it'v is proposed y andfshould :be understood-'that any means vadapted to thepurposefwill be employed and Y tlie ;means which vwill be presently specilflOO' callyxeXplained-'may be modified .at will.`

there- "sliding associationv or retainingengagement with a holder therefor and-providedawah 105 :suitable means `for carryingiiap1uralty of positions .that the ed to orremoved thermore,lthe said flanges' are of such thickthe tray, as Vshown in the presentz" instance, consists of upwardly projecting retainers 15 cut .from themetal of the tray andV struck upwardly at oblique angles.v Eachfretainer 15 is` centrally corrugated or arched as at 16 to strengthen and stiffen the same suf.

icieiitly to resist bending thereof under considerable stress, and to render the same more durable for continued use. The corrugations 16 #also provide'f opposite slide flanges 17' whichconjointly actrin `'pairs to receive opposite portions of the markers 18 as shown by Figures 1 and '4, the said markers in the present instance, being shown as having lateral extensions 19 which readily lit behind thesuccessive arched retainers. The distance apartfof the slidev flanges 17 :is "such that tlie retaining means of the markers will vnot-be engaged or injured the pressure thereof yin the 'flanges,"and furness ltha-t rthey will not injuriously'strain or deteriorate the requisite spring action of the members'of lthe marker. Furthermore, the iianges 17 of adjacent retainers`4 15 and side terminals of the corrugations or arches 16 of adjacent retainers 15 are such distance napart as tojustA permit the marker to be `inserted therebetween and in engagement `therewith, and thereby hold each marker against lateral movement or displacement therefrom and requiring that the'inarkers engage forv convenience/inV discerning the identifying numbers or characters on -the- The tray 'is also provided with.

in rear"of the retainers, these numerals f 1 markers.

-beapplied to and removed from the flanges 17 from Athe upper terminals of the latter'l and thus always disposethe markers at theY Isaine angle as the retainers whichv they a series of consecutivenumerals, as at 20,

4beginning with 1 atithe iirst retainer of i the outermostlongitudinal line'of retainers and continuing consecutively as shown by Figurel.l The tray, as kshown in the present 1 instance, kis adapted'to carry thirty markers,-'

Athe numerals beingdisposed opposite the AVspaces between th'eretainers, andthe -p ur- Sposegof thisV 1consecutive n uinber-in'gr of the. retainers is to enable the operator to quickly determine how many markersofeachgroup #have been used, whether-all or onlyapart @Of the markers of each vgroup" are lremoved Q 'from the tray.l This serves'as a convenient` lcheckto assist the operator in ascertaining Vthel number of pieces that have been marked `tion or thenuinber yof markers used in connec- 'ith each group of pieces to be laun- `:dered'or-f cleaned. 1.). v

l; .From the `foregoing, the 'operation of they improved holder Y and tray will be readily# understood. f When itwisi desired lto use a tray containing markers of a'certain ifdentil dying-"number or character, the tray .i`s:se-

lected carrying -markers of the desired numberand insertediin the `holder as shown by Figure 1. The operator then removes the markers, beginning with thatnumbered l and continuing, consecutively, until 'all' the pieces and replacing them n the tray a tallyinay beV rkept simply by observing the markers 'asreplaced and thus providing an `V`.effective simplifiedA record and means vfor -ascertaining withiaccuracy, Vnotfonly as to the number of pieces marked,fbut also as to Vthe'number of pieces returned bearing a similar. mark and adapted to be assortedv ready' for n parcelling; This simplilied method of determining the number of pieces in yeither Yevent will greatly reduceL the clerical ywork and written'and other records now commonly used in laundries or cleaning orxdyeing establishments with material saving in ylabor and expense. After one tray has `had'the markers partially or completely ,removed therefrom and the markers applied fto the articles'i'vhichV they are intended to identify, the empty tray ora trayl with the unused" markers thereon may bevreadily refmoved 'from the holder and replaced by kanother tray carrying markers having aY dif- .ferentidentifying number or character for use inY markinganother group or lot of yarticlesor-pieces-to be laundered, cleaned or dyed'. This'operation Vmay be carried on indefinitely with material advantages in handling laundry and dry cleaning work.

A V.particularfmarker has been-referred to andillustrated in connection with the tray retainers' but it r`will be understood that it fis proposed to use any form of marker, or that the tray is not limited in its usey toV any vprecise formof marker. f

What isy claimed as new is f 1. In a device of tlezclass zsjrieciid,I a Vflat --opentopfxed holder,'anda tray slidablyand removably engaging. the `holder and provided with, "upwardly inclined laundry marker projections disposed, fin individual `spaced relation for engagement `by laundrylr markers which are removably.applied to the' adjacent 'sideiedges ofsaid projections in thefe'spaces.. between the latter.Vv l W 2.v In a ydevice of the class specified,y an f open! top flatiftixed holder, and a-tr'ay re` .ii'iovaibly,` engaging 1fthe. holder and formed with longitudinal rows of upwardly .extender aiigularly disposedrx spaced' projections having straight side;` edges and `centrall '"corrugations for removably receiving andaretaining laundry markers thereonfwhich are applied to "the `saidiside edges andfin `thei spaces between the projections.

flanges to removably receive and hold a pluj rality of markers at the same angle as the projections, the markers occupying the spaces between the projections, the projections being also provided with means for holding the markers against lateral movement when disposed therebetween.

4:. A tray for holding laundry markers having a plurality of alined projections each formed with a central corrugation and opposite slide flanges, the projections extending above the tray being uniformly disposed in spaced relation and in alinement to receive and hold the markers therebetween.

5. A tray for holding laundry markers Yhaving a plurality of upstanding inclined projections with opposite straight lside flanges separated by uniform spaces between them, the projections being disposed in longitudinal rows, the tray being provided with consecutive numerals adjacent to and opposite the spaces and corresponding to the number of projections and holding)l capacity of the tray. A

6. A tray having upstanding inclined proj ections forminga part thereof and provided with straight flanges atopposite side edges, the flanges being in parallel relation and having uniform spaces between them, the projections being disposed in longitudinal rows, combined with a fixed flat holder into and from which the tray has endwise sliding movement, the holder having means for retaining the tray against movement during the removal from and application of the markers to said projections, the markers having a straight sliding association and retention relativelyto the flanges and illing the spaces between the projections when applied to the latter, the tray being removable from the holder and replaceable by another similartray to permit the use of markers of diferent groups having varying indicating numbers. i

7. In a device of the classspecified, a plurality of laundry markers having uniform indicating numbers, a fixed holder, and a tray removably inserted inthe holder and having upstanding inclined projections -arranged in distinct longitudinal rows with uniform spaces between the side edges of each two projections throughout the whole series of the latter to regularly receive the laundry markers which are caused to engage the side edges of the projections and be disposed at the same angle of inclination as the latter and held against lateral displacement by the projections, the spaces between the sidev edges of the projections being supplied with consecutive indicating numbers corresponding to the indicating numbers of the markers disposed in the said spaces and in engagement with the projections andv whereby the number of markers in use of each group may be readily ascertained and also permitting the markers to be regularly applied in consecutive order on the projections.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDWIN LANE. 

